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Preoperative asymptomatic leukocytosis and postoperative outcome in cardiac surgery patients

Preoperative asymptomatic leukocytosis and postoperative outcome in cardiac surgery patients

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Preoperative asymptomatic leukocytosis and postoperative outcome in cardiac surgery patients

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Full title

Preoperative asymptomatic leukocytosis and postoperative outcome in cardiac surgery patients

Publisher

United States: Public Library of Science

Journal title

PloS one, 2017-09, Vol.12 (9), p.e0182118-e0182118

Language

English

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United States: Public Library of Science

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Contents

Despite showing a prognostic value in general surgical patients, preoperative asymptomatic elevated white blood cell (WBC) count is not considered a risk factor for cardiac surgery. Whereas there is sporadic evidence of its value as a preoperative risk marker, it has not been looked at methodically as a specific index of outcome during cardiac surg...

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Full title

Preoperative asymptomatic leukocytosis and postoperative outcome in cardiac surgery patients

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TN_cdi_plos_journals_1935818488

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_plos_journals_1935818488

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ISSN

1932-6203

E-ISSN

1932-6203

DOI

10.1371/journal.pone.0182118

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